Manatee schools try to stay ‘on trend’ when it comes to student meals

Laura Rowe loves to cook, but she loves seeing the smiling faces of the students at Tara Elementary School even more.

She retired from working in a hospital and planned to work in a school’s kitchen for a couple of years. It was a job she didn’t think she would enjoy, but eventually she found a passion for it at Tara. Fourteen years later, she’s still at it.

“As we see the need for our children and our community, whether it be nutrition, a smile or a talk, we do our best to meet that need,” Rowe said of the school’s staff…

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